Joe Kingstone | |
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| Born | 26 August 1892 Milton Lilbourne,Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 20 September 1966 (aged 74) Upton Lovell,Warminster, Wiltshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1912–1950 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Service number | 4968 |
| Unit | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 9th Queen's Royal Lancers |
| Commands | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 5th Cavalry Brigade Army School of Equitation 4th Cavalry Brigade 30th Armoured Brigade |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches (2) |
BrigadierJames Joseph KingstoneCBE DSO* MC DL (26 August 1892 – 20 September 1966) was an officer in theBritish Army during theFirst andSecond World Wars.
Kingstone was born inMilton Lilbourne,Wiltshire,England, on 26 August 1892, the son of William John Kingstone. He was educated atSherborne School and then entered theRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he wascommissioned as asecond lieutenant into the2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) in 1912. Hisservice number was 4968.[1]
He was promoted to temporary lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 15 November 1914.[2] He was appointedadjutant in his regiment on 1 May 1915[3] and was mentioned in dispatches on 30 November 1915.[4] He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 11 January 1916[5] and promoted to lieutenant on 21 January 1916.[6] On 6 July 1917, as a captain, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action in Flanders. He was also twice mentioned in dispatches during the First World War.[1] He was awarded amedal bar to his Distinguished Service Order in 1919.[7]
He moved with the Queens Bays to India in 1922 and then appointed staff officer grade three.[1] From April 1924 until August 1928 he returned to Sandhurst, this time as an Officer Commanding a Company of Gentlemen Cadets.[1]
In 1932 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commanding officer of the9th Queen's Royal Lancers and in 1936, having been promoted to colonel, he was given command of the5th Cavalry Brigade.[8]
In 1938 as a temporary brigadier he was appointed Commandant of theArmy School of Equitation, Weedon.[1] He became commander of4th Cavalry Brigade in 1939 and was deployed to the Middle East.[9] He was briefly acting General Officer Commanding,1st Cavalry Division in the Middle East in 1940[10] and then returned to the command of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in the Middle East later that year.[9] He then briefly commanded 1st Cavalry Division again in 1941[10] before returning to the command of the 4th Cavalry Brigade.[9]
During theAnglo-Iraqi War in May 1941, Kingstone was under the command of Major GeneralJ. G. W. Clark and was part of his relievingHabforce which included the4th Cavalry Brigade, a battalion ofThe Essex Regiment, theArab Legion Mechanised Regiment, a field artillery battery and a troop of anti-tank guns. Kingstone commanded aflying column namedKingcol in his honor.[1]Habforce andKingcol, parts ofIraqforce, attacked from theBritish Mandate of Palestine to relieve the forces defendingRAF Habbaniya.[11] Kingstone was again under Clark's command during theSyria-Lebanon Campaign in June 1941.[11] He returned to the UK and became commander of30th Armoured Brigade later in 1941 retaining the role until 1942.[12]
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| Preceded by | Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1945–1959 | Succeeded by |